General 4/13/2017 10:29:00 PM

Geralds And Jaime Highlight Student-Athlete Award Ceremony

Senior Marcus Geralds (Men's Basketball) and sophomore Serena Jaime (Softball) were named the Finlandia University Male and Female Student-Athlete of the Year. This was announced at the Student-Athlete Award Ceremony, Thursday, April 13 at the Paavo Nurmi Center.

Geralds becomes the first basketball to win his award. He capped off one of the most productive seasons in school history by being named to the All-Association of Division III Independents first team.

Geralds averaged 20.2 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He was second in the AD3I for scoring and double-doubles (11). He was among the top three in single season history in field goals made (2^nd – 195), free throws made (3^rd – 110), free throws attempted (3^rd – 152) and rebounds (3^rd – 242). Geralds was only the third player in school history to score over 500 points in a single-season.

Jaime, who was recognized for her accomplishments in the 2016 season, is the third softball player to win the award. She had six doubles and two triples, scored 23 runs, stole 20 bases, had an on-base percentage of .549 and batted .493.

Jaime, who earned All-Great South Athletic Conference first team honors, was 16^th in batting average and 22^nd in on-base percentage in NCAA Division III. She excels in the classroom with a 3.3 GPA while majoring in nursing. Jaime has volunteered in several service events in the Hancock area.

A complete list of team award winners is below.

Baseball (2016 season)
MVP – Luke Paul
MIP – Tyler Jacobson
Lion – Joey Krug

Basketball, Men
MVP – Marcus Geralds
MIP – Austin Carlson
Lion – Brandon Robinson
Academic Award – Nick Cercone

Basketball, Women
MVP – Kelsie Richards
MIP – Molly Berg
Lion – Mikayla Hakala
Academic Award – Haley Makela

Cross Country

Men
Lion – Zong Deng

Women
MVP – Kaylor Holmstrom
MIP – Hailey Watson
Lion – Ashley Aho
Academic Award – Abigail Tembreull

Football
MVP – Tyler Kangas
MIP – Eddie Yearby
Lion – Dillion Hueckstaedt
Academic Award – Nic Walli

Men's Golf
MVP – Tommy Malkmus
MIP – Andrew Martin
Lion – Chuck Marcoe
Academic Award – Jayson Dahlquist

Men's Hockey

Varsity
MVP – Andrew Martin
MIP – Matt Benolkin
Lion – Matt McLaughlin
Academic Award – Walker Enstad

JV
MIP – Nicholas Tobey
Academic Award – Matt McLaughlin

Women's Hockey
MVP – Sierra Meiners
MIP – Natasha Kern
Lion – Theresa Wolf
Academic Award – Jordan Thoma

Men's Soccer

Varsity
MVP – Chris Johnson
MIP – George Bidance
Lion – Steven Nelson
Academic Award – Kasey Barber

JV
MVP – Kasey Barber
MIP – Albert Hammond
Lion – Logan Cortez

Women's Soccer
MVP – Haley Makela
MIP – Aylee Dessellier
Lion – Zuleiki Wight
Academic Award – Haley Makela

Volleyball
MVP – Jessie Diaz
MIP – Makayla Mickam
Lion – Monica Freeman
Academic Award – Monica Freeman

-FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY-

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